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Resolution Convening the Sixth World Congress

1959 · The Fifth World Congress and after (1957–1960) · 242 words

Building the International

Published English text: Fourth International no. 8, Winter 1959-60 · International Executive Committee of the Fourth International (22nd Plenum). Transcribed from the scan of the issue and corrected against the page image.

The 22nd Plenum of the International Executive Committee resolves to convene the Sixth World Congress for a date, to be fixed later, between September 15 and October 15, 1960.

Its agenda will comprise the following main subjects:

A document (in preparation) on the development of the colonial revolution since the Second World War, its problems and its prospects;

A document (in preparation) on the economic prospects of capitalism and the workers' states;

A document (in preparation) on the concrete platform of the political revolution in the degenerated or deformed workers' states;

The document issued from the 22nd Plenum on European perspectives and our tasks.

The Plenum has opened the preparatory discussion for the Sixth World Congress on this latter document and the accompanying amendments.

All the other documents must be submitted for discussion at least six months before the holding of the Congress.

The International Secretariat and the Latin-American Bureau will ensure the publication of the documents and the main discussion-articles in Internal Bulletins in four languages: English, French, German and Spanish.

The Sections are invited to produce these same documents and articles in Internal Bulletins in their respective (other) languages.

Representation at the Sixth World Congress will be on the basis of the rules which have been applied to preceding congresses of the International. On the other hand, the Sections are invited to consider from now the necessary financial effort for the expenses of their delegations.

This resolution was adopted unanimously.

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